The place and the efficacy of infectious disease consultations in the hospitals

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-136

  Erdem, Hakan ^a   Kurtaran, Behice ^b   Arun, Özgür ^c   Ylmaz, Havva ^d   Çelebi, Güven ^e   Özkaya, Hacer Deniz ^f   Kaya, Selçuk ^g   Birengel, Serhat ^h   Güner, Rahmet ⁱ   Demiroǧlu, Yusuf Ziya ^j   Demirdal, Tuna ^k   Tekin Koruk, Süda ^l   Coşkun, Ömer ^m   Kazak, Esra ⁿ   Çelen, Mustafa Kemal ^o   Akova, Murat ^p   Timurkaynak, Funda ^j   Alpay, Yeşim ^q   Yilmaz, Emel ^r   Saçar, Suzan ^s   Aydin, Ahmet Fakih ^t   Bodur, Hürrem ^u   Elald, Nazif ^v   Inal, Ayşe Seza ^b   Saba, Rabin ^c   Tok, Duran ^w   Aǧalar, Canan ^x   Candevir, Aslhan ^b   Parlak, Mehmet ^y   Sipahi, Oǧuz Reşat ^z   Yilmaz, Gürdal ^g   Koçak, Nafiz ^t   Öncü, Serkan ^aa   Sirmatel, Fatma ^ab   Küçükardali, Yaşar ^ac   Güzel Tunçcan, Özlem ^ad   Mete, Bilgül ^ae   Doyuk Kartal, Elif ^af   Ulcay, Asim ^a   Şenol, Esin ^ad   Dayan, Saim ^o   Leblebicioǧlu, Hakan ^d   Tabak, Fehmi ^ae   Gorenek, Levent ^ag   Ulusoy, Sercan ^z   Ayaz, Celal ^o   Ergonul, Onder ^ah   Aksu, Hasan Salih Zeki ^b   more..

^a Kasimpasa Hospital   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Karsiyaka Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^g Karadeniz University School of Medicine   (Turkey)

^h ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^j BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^l HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^m GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

ⁿ Cekirge State Hospital   (Turkey)

^o DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^p HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q Cengiz Gokcek State Hospital   (Turkey)

^r ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^s PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^t Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^u ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^v CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^w Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^x KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^y ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^z EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^aa ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ab ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ac YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ad GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^ae ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^af OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^ag GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^ah MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

consultation; hospitals; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84858823668     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31823c4b25     Document Type: Review

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